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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 198 m/e 12/1894
London, Midland & Scottish Railway 12268 y/e 1924
British Railways 52268 w/e 24/04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Aspinall
Class 11
Company History LYR/LMS
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Horwich Works
Order Number 21
Works Number 340
Fittings (as built)
Safety Valves Ramsbottom
To Service During 12/1894
Withdrawal Sat 21/03/1959
Service Life 64 yrs, 3 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1894
24B   Rose Grove on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
24D   Lower Darwen w/e 08/05/1948
24B   Rose Grove w/e 17/12/1949
24B   Rose Grove 5w/e 24/12/1949
24D   Lower Darwen 3w/e 14/01/1950
26E   Bacup w/e 17/03/1951
26E   Bacup 4w/e 24/03/1951
26D   Bury 4w/e 23/02/1952
     Withdrawn on 21/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 24D Lower Darwen w/e 08/05/1948
ALLOC 24B Rose Grove w/e 17/12/1949
ALLOC 24D Lower Darwen w/e 24/12/1949
ALLOC 26E Bacup w/e 17/03/1951
ALLOC 26D Bury 4w/e 23/02/1952
WDN   on 21/03/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1910 Boiler with Round Topped Firebox fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/04/1948 Horwich Works On 21/4 the following locomotives were in the Erecting Shop: Nos. 133/49, 205, 2701/82/86, 2958, 3841, 4060, 4220, 4307/68, 4497, 4517/48, 5079, 8751/61, 9501/08/20/37, 10630, 10953, 11313/20, 11425, 12089, 12133/71, 12268, 12399, 12411, 12522, 12615 an 12870, while awaiting Works were the following: Nos. 131, 2646, 2796, 2964, 9545, 9607, 10852, 11410, 12152/60, 12397, 12438/67, 12582, 12821/39. Nos. 10429, 10717, 10901, 12247/56, 12422, 12824/37/61 an 12902 were on the scrap road; the boiler of No. 11116 is still there. Nos. R10600 an R10617 are still standing between the Erecting and Paint Shops-the glass having been removed from the coach windows. The only renumbered locomotive seen here with a new cast smoke-box numberplate was No. 45220, the rest not having received them yet. SLS/194806

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1894 To Service To service as Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Number 198
Built at Horwich Works, Works Number 340
   
04/1910 Modification Modification: Boiler with Round Topped Firebox fitted    
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 12268    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Rose Grove (24B)    
24/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 52268    
08/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Lower Darwen (24D)    
17/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (24B)    
24/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Rose Grove (24B)    
14/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Lower Darwen (24D)    
17/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bacup (26E)    
24/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Bacup (26E)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bury (26D)    
21/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 52268    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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